on 5/6/04 2:44 AM, Andrew McCall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I recently obtained a 4Mb Mac Plus and am very impressed that a 20 year old > Apple Macintosh can function as well as it does! I actually intend to use > it over the next few weeks for real tasks. > > I don't want to add an external hard disk, so I am limited to 800k. I plan > to use System 6.0.8 and was wondering if it would be possible to use an > Asante LocalTalk to Ethernet convertor to connect the system via AppleShare > to a folder on my G3 where I keep all my Mac Plus applications - and I want > this all from one floppy disk! Does anyone know if its possible to get a > System 6.0.8 with AppleTalk and AppleShare capabilites all on one 800k > floppy?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Probably not. The system folder for 6.0.8 can be up to 700k with just the basics. You REALLY should go get an external 800k floppy drive for it, too. This opens up the world of possibles for the Plus and keeps disk swapping to a minimum. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I expect that I am pushing to get a LaserWriter driver on there too, but > anyone know if I can get my LaserWriter 4/600PS working at all on this > system? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No reason why not, except forthe limited space for laser fonts on your hard drive-less Mac. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Is there anyway to tell if I have a beige or a platinum Plus? The case > looks beige'ish - but this might be due to UV bleaching. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beige is the color of Macs with the in-cut Apple logo on the front. Platinum is the color of the machine with the words "Macintosh Plus" on the front. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The case has a marker-pen number "3" on the front and a few sticky patches > where labels have been romoved, I know I will never get the UV bleaching > out, but can anyone recommend anything to clean the case with? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I use Clorox Cleanup kitchen cleaner for my cases. I strip them, set them out on the sun and spray them with Clorox Cleanup for up to ten or more times over the course of a sunny day. On the last application, I use a teflon pan scrub-sponge and, being careful to avoid the serial number and name on the front, I scrub the case while under running water. In my case, an outside garden hose faucet. In the sun to dry. Repeat if necessary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Anyone know what "the best" word processor would be for this system? I know > I have the choice of a few, such as Word 5.1 and ClarisWorks 2 - but what > was considered the best during its days? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some may not like this answer, but the best word processor for a floppy system is MacWrite. Small, simple but full-featured. If Marten weren't on vacation, he'd tell what he prefers on his Plus. Jeff G ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Thanks, > > Andrew McCall > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
